Current Ph.D. Students
All current Ph.D. students are profiled below. Click on a name to expand a profile and learn more about that student.
1st Year Student
Contact Information:
Stuzin 355 F
352.392.5620
Biography:
Soohyun joined the ISOM Ph.D. program in the Fall of 2011. She received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and a B.A. in Economics from Yonsei University, South Korea. She also holds an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University. Her current research interests include health information systems and the economics of information systems.
4th Year Student
Contact Information:
Stuzin 355 B
352.392.5620
Biography:
Chao holds a B.S. in Optical Engineering from Sun Yat-sen University and an M.S. in Economics from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Prior to joining the doctoral program, he had work experience in consulting, project management and teaching assistantship. His primary research interests include digital goods, e-Commerce and IS policies.
1st Year Student
Contact Information:
Stuzin 355 A
352.392.5620
Biography:
Gulver holds a B.S. degree in Industrial Engineering from the Istanbul Technical University and received an M.S. in Industrial and Systems Engineering and a Masters in Statistics from the University of Florida. Prior to entering the doctoral program, she worked as an intern at the Bosch and Siemens House Appliances and at the Pasabahce Glass Company in Turkey. Also, she gained experience in production and cost management by working as a consultant in financial areas in the United States in 2009. Her current research interests include risk management, green supply chain management, inventory theory and capacity planning.
2nd Year Student
Contact Information:
Stuzin 355 C
352.392.5620
Biography:
Brent earned his B.B.A. in Management Information Systems, Summa Cum Laude, from the University of Mississippi. Prior to entering the doctoral program, he worked for five years as an IT advisor and auditor at Ernst & Young LLP. His current research interests include the economics of IS, data and web mining, and information retrieval.
4th Year Student
Contact Information:
Stuzin 361E
352.392.6298
Biography:
Shengli holds a B.S. in Information and Communications Engineering from Xi'an Jiaotong University. He also holds a M.S. in Electrical Engineering from University of Florida. His current research interests include economics of information system, network externalities in software industry and data mining in social networking sites.
4th Year Student
Contact Information:
Stuzin 361 B
352.392.6298
Biography:
Zhi joined PhD program in Information Systems and Operations Management in the fall of 2008. He received his Bachelor's degree in Information Management and Information Systems from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in 2008. His current research interests include Economics of IS, IT Strategy and Policy, Supply Chain Management.
2nd Year Student
Contact Information:
Stuzin 355 A
352.392.5620
Biography:
Yinliang (Ricky) joined the ISOM Ph.D. program in the fall, 2010. Prior to entering the doctoral program, he earned a Bachelor of Engineering in Logistics Engineering, Summa Cum Laude, from the Tongji University and a M.S. in Industrial and Systems Engineering from University of Florida. His current research interests include Green Supply Chain Management, Production and Inventory Control.
3rd Year Student
Contact Information:
Stuzin 355 A
352.392.5620
Biography:
Nazli holds a B.S. degree in Industrial Engineering from Penn State University and a M.E. degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering from University of Florida. Prior to entering the doctoral program, she worked as an industrial engineering and quality department intern at The Coca-Cola Bottlers of Turkey and Siemens Wiring Technologies and as a part of the Kaizen Team at Oyak-Renault Automotive Systems. Her current research interests include the effects of unknown or unpredictable demands, taxing/government changes, energy savings and environmental regulations on the production and inventory control decisions.
3rd Year Student
Contact Information:
Stuzin 355B 3
352.392.5620
Biography:
Lan joined the ISOM Ph.D. program in the fall, 2009. She received her B.E. in Industrial Engineering from Tsinghua University in 2009. Her primary research interests include Operations Management, pricing strategies in Supply Chains.
4th Year Student
Contact Information:
Stuzin 355 F
352.392.5620
Biography:
Ruoxuan holds her Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering from Tsinghua University. Her current research interests include green supply chain management, inventory theory, and supply chain cooperation.
4th Year Student
Contact Information:
Stuzin 361E
352.392.6298
Biography:
Yu-Chen (Ben) Yang holds a B.S. in Applied Mathematics from National Chung Hsing Univesity, Taiwan, and an M.S. in Management Information Systems from National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan. Prior to joining the ISOM Ph.D. program at UF, he served two years and got the distinguished service award in the Republic of China Air Force, and was a research assistant at the Institute of Technology Management of National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan. His research interests are in the areas of economics of information systems and cloud computing.
5th Year Student
Contact Information:
Stuzin 361 B
352.392.6298
Biography:
Arda holds a B.S. degree in Manufacturing Systems/Industrial Engineering from Sabanci University. Prior to joining the doctoral program in Information Systems and Operations Management at the University of Florida, he had internships at Philip Morris International and Ford in Turkey. His primary research interests are in the areas of new product development, green supply chain management, and inventory management and theory.
2nd Year Student
Contact Information:
Stuzin 355 F
352-392-5620
Biography:
Eun Jung joined the ISOM Ph.D Program in 2010. Prior to entering the doctoral program, she earned a B.B.A degree in Business Administration and a M.S degree in Management Information Systems from Kyunghee University, South Korea. Eun Jung was awarded the 'Best thesis of the year' for 2009 at Kyunghee University for a thesis on 'U-Display, Design and Evaluation of Ubiquitous Media Business Model'. Her current research interests include Economics of IS, Electronic Commerce.
